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By Desmond Brown \u2013 Executive Editor<\/p>

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The Government of Antigua and Barbuda is making an appeal for international assistance to rebuild the smaller of the two islands, and has pointed an accusing finger in the direction of large countries which it labels as \u201cpolluters\u201d and \u201ccontributors to climate change\u201d.<\/p>\n

Barbuda was in the direct path of Hurricane Irma which made landfall here in the wee hours of Wednesday, September 6 and was battered by winds of up to 230 miles per hour. An infant was killed during the monster hurricane.<\/p>

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\u201cThere is no doubt that this is also as a result of climate change and this is a serious discussion that the small island states will have to continue to promote and to elevate,\u201d Prime Minister Gaston Browne told the host of OBSERVER AM<\/strong> on OBSERVER Radio<\/strong>, Thursday.<\/p>

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\u201cAt the end of the day, we have to live with these storms on an annual basis and they are becoming more ferocious, they are becoming more rapid. Right now, we are faced with another potential storm in Jose, literally a few days after the passage of Irma.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 5 a.m., the centre of Hurricane Jose was located near latitude 14.8 North, longitude 49.1 West. Jose is moving toward the west-northwest near 18 mph (30 km\/h), and this general motion is expected to continue during the next couple of days. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 90 mph (150 km\/h) with higher gusts.\u00a0 Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 15 miles (30 km) from the centre and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles (130 km).<\/p>

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\u201cSo, you have all these polluters like the United States and others and they have an obligation to assist small island states. I think they have a moral obligation to assist. We are very disappointed that after the passage of Hurricane Luis that there is a particular government that sent us $20,000 and that particular government is one of the largest polluters in the world,\u201d Prime Minister Browne said.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Luis was a long-lived and an extremely destructive storm as well as one of the strongest, deadliest and most notable hurricanes of the incredible 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 140\u00a0mph (220\u00a0km\/h). It caused catastrophic damage in Antigua and Barbuda as other countries as a Category 4 with winds of 130\u00a0mph (209\u00a0km\/h). The storm accounted for 19 deaths, left between 20,000 and 70,000 homeless (mostly in Antigua, Barbuda and Saint Martin) and caused roughly $3 billion (1995\u00a0USD) in damage across the affected areas.<\/p>

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\u201cIn hindsight, I would say Hurricane Luis set us back about 20 years. I suspect that some of the [planned] development [on Barbuda] will be delayed and in terms of the actual rebuilding of the infrastructure it will take some time . . . Barbuda could be set back at least 10 years,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>

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\u201cBut we are trying to defy the odds and we will use this threat as an opportunity. We are not leaving any stones unturned. We are utilizing all of our contacts globally to raise resources for the rebuilding initiative. We have sent off messages to a number of the South American countries, to China, United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and we are hoping that these governments and the various international organisations will be as generous as they can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Browne said food and water are priority items for Barbuda and arrangements are also being made for the 1,800 inhabitants to move to the mainland.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking at many options, in fact, I\u2019m just about to get on to the Commander of the Defence Force to have the Defence Force examine the airstrip at Coco Point. If it is viable, we\u2019re looking at the possibility of having an [Antigua-based regional airline] LIAT ATR 48-seater land there to help with the evacuation initiative. We have a number of helicopters that will be operated between Antigua and Barbuda and we\u2019ll have a number of boats as well, so I\u2019m pretty confident,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>\n

Both the airport and seaport have been damaged by Hurricane Irma. Browne explained that several 40-foot containers, which were being used to set up an office at the airport, landed on the runway.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to see if we can take some immediate steps to do some repairs on the airport. The big issue is about mobilizing resources . . . that may take a few more days. The extent of the damage to the runway itself it not very extensive, there are just some holes as a result of the containers that were strewn across the runway,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe actual terminal building, the entire roof has been lifted off so we will have to repair that pretty quickly as a priority. Luckily for us, \u001bwe were already mobilizing material and building supplies. So, we have two cargo planes that will be landing here, one this morning I\u2019m told at 10 and another about 12 noon and I would say about 90 percent of those supplies will be going to Barbuda. The challenge will be to try and get them over as soon as possible. I\u2019m told that the seas are still relatively rough, however, I\u2019m quite sure that the coast guard and maybe one or two other boats will be able to assist us to take goods over as we seek to have a very rapid response to this tragedy,\u201d<\/p>\n

Antigua Distillery and Oasis Water have made available a container full of water and Browne said water is also being flown into the country from Miami.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also are getting some building material. We have some coming out of Miami and we are likely to get some building materials out of Panama. We have asked the Government of Venezuela to airlift some building materials out of Panama so we\u2019ll probably get them here by tomorrow or over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have health officials going over [to Barbuda] this morning as well because one of the problems we have in Barbuda is that the earth is saturated and there is still about maybe four inches of water on the ground and that in itself represents a health hazard,\u201d Prime Minister Browne added.<\/p>\n

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